Balance 009 (CD - 2006)

Audio Mixer: Paolo Mojo.

Audio Remixers: Todd Osborn; Sebastien Leger; Asad Rizvi.

Photographers: Michael d'Wayne Mason; Tom Oldham.

Arranger: Nic Fanciulli.

Since he's garnered accolades by the likes of the BBC, Mixmag, and DJ Magazine, Paolo Mojo is the perfect subject for Volume nine of the ongoing Balance series. Mojo's role models here are obviously John Digweed and Sasha, which shouldn't come as a surprise, since both renowned DJs were early supporters of Mojo (even going as far as touring as part of Sasha's Fundacion 2005 tour). That said, the tunes on the double-disc Balance 009 are custom made for the dancefloor, in a techno dance kinda way. Not a whole heck of a lot of musical variation going on here, but when your job is to keep the dance party rolling along unperturbed, you have to keep things at an even keel. And from that standpoint, Balance 009 succeeds. ~ Greg Prato minimize